Category: SharePoint

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LAB: Sharepoint Server 2007 downloadable .VHD virtual lab now available!

Attention Sharepoint enthusiasts & administrators!
We just posted a Virtual PC .VHD file on Microsoft.com that contains an entire lab for learning & administering Sharepoint Server 2007.

What does this mean? Well, if anyone wants to “try out” Sharepoint Server 2007 and see what it’s like and what value it can provide, they can just download a Virtual PC file of it from Microsoft.com! The VPC includes the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS) Product Evaluation Guide on the desktop and is configured so the walk through at the end of the guide works with the image.

Direct Download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67f93dcb-ada8-4db5-a47b-df17e14b2c74&DisplayLang=en

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OTHER LABS AVAILABLE
If you like this, check out the other Virtual Machines we have available for download:
– Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 VHD
– Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition VHD
– Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Beta 2 VHD
– Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite VHD
– Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition VHD
– Microsoft Windows Vista 30-Day Eval VHD

These can be downloaded from our Virtual .VHD Download web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/try/vhd/default.mspx

If you would prefer to try our “virtual labs” where the labs & training are hosted at our datacenter and you are able to run the virtual machines remotely through a web browser, check out Microsoft’s Virtual Labs web site at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb467605.aspx

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DOWNLOAD: Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 for Windows Server 2003

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is now available to users of Windows Server 2003.  A description of the technology is available at the product web site at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/techinfo/overview.mspx but here’s a quick summary of what I think is pretty cool about it:

• Templates for implementing blogs (also known as weblogs) and wikis (Web sites that can be quickly edited by team members—no special technical knowledge required)
• Offline synchronization through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that users can use to manage document libraries, lists, calendars, contacts, tasks, and discussion boards even offline, and to synchronize changes when reconnected to the network
• Ability to build workflows on the Windows SharePoint Services platform that address specific business processes or sets of tasks
• Document storage, recycle bin item retrieval, and version-control features built-in
• Enable security to be set as deep down as the item level

NOTE:  I can’t stress bullet #2 enough:  The ability to do offline synchronization of document libraries between a laptop user and the Sharepoint Service is absolutely phenomenal.  Have you ever received an email with a pointer to a document stored on a server, then realized that you couldn’t get the document you needed because you’re on an airplane?  If the resource was a common storage location like a Sharepoint service that you had synching with your machine, you’d have the document with you to peruse or edit, and be able to rely on the fact that the changes you made would be synched once you were back on line.

You can download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for standard (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions.

DOWNLOAD:   Windows SharePoint Services 3.0